March 10, 1994
Jesus: This is surrender. I want your all. I do not
want you attached to any person or any thing. I want you completely
dependent on Me. Do I teach you such lessons on how attached you are to
others and things? I have all the answers. If I do not tell you, you do not
need to know. You want your will. My will I make known to you in front of
the tabernacle. I have spoken here.
Surrender is doing the will of God and it is not your
deciding and doing your will. I want your all. I want you to do those things
the way I tell you. It is not the way you want to do them. Sweet surrender,
only to find I want more. Look at My position on the cross. Did I ask you to
die for Me? I ask you to do My Will. I ask you to surrender. I ask for time
in front of the tabernacle. I ask for love. Watch this world go up in your
face. Then where are your possessions, the things you held on to? You only
have limited vision. I know all things.
I am so tired. You do not give but bits and pieces. You
hold on to what you want and give Me some. I want your all. I want total
surrender. I showed you how to surrender when I died on the cross. I am not
asking for this. I am asking for you to do My will. You are so attached to
pleasing people that you do not see the whole picture. I make My ways clear
here. You do not listen. You do what you think is a good thing and you do
not even come to Me. I want your all. I want surrender.
R. Love includes giving up what you don't want to
give up. Love is saying, "Yes, Lord", even when you would rather
do it your way. It is in your surrender and love of God that you teach
mighty lessons to those around you. You teach by your being in love with
Jesus. I love you, Jesus. I give of My bounty, not little bits and pieces I
stingily let go of. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my All, how can I love You as I
ought? Do I give My all, or do I say, "Oh, Lord, you can't mean that
you want this," and hold on to what I want.
Do I hold on to people and don't even know it, or do I put
You first, Lord, above all persons, places and things? I see how really
attached I am to everything, things I do not even know I am attached to. It
is easy to give lip service to surrender and tell God to possess our soul
and make me selfless, but do I really mean it? This is what keeps us from
increased union with Him! It is in total surrender, of living for love of
Him and Him alone, that we are free. And what freedom! The bittersweetness
to let go, to find freedom from all we hold on to! The things we hold on to
most are what keeps us from our increased union with Him.
"Oh, not that, Lord! Oh, do I look at your crucifix
and see You letting go?" You held not one thing back. Your arms open
wide, nailed to the cross! Total surrender!
What does He ask of me today that I want to hold on to?
Holding on to things stops my freedom. To be totally free, I must let go. I
cannot hold on and let go at the same time. Freedom is obtained in letting
go. See yourself with your arms tight, holding on to all you possess.
Jesus: I call you to surrender. Open your arms as I
did when I died on the cross. Let all your sacred worldly possessions drop
around you and you will experience the joy of being free, united only to Me,
of letting go and knowing that I, God, tend to your every need. To My death
on the cross I loved you and I love you this way this very day. Let go and
give it all to Me. I will care for you far better than you could for
yourself. I am God and I love you more than you can love yourself.
Jesus is dead, hanging on the cross, arms outstretched.
His feet are not even on the ground. He is hanging by nails on a piece of
wood. What do we hold on to? He wants us in midair in total surrender. Oh,
little ones, how you squander your possessions. How you hold on to people.
How you won't let go. See Me in total surrender.
I gave My very life for you. What do you hold on to, My
little ones? Little bits and pieces you give to Me and you hold tight to
your lives. They will be up in smoke and all that will remain will be the
things of God. Not one pair of shoes do you take with you, only your love,
given to God and others.
end of March 10, 1994 message
Surrender
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